Sinclair (1966) states that the two interpenetrating ways of looking at language form are grammar and lexis. This book concentrates on the interaction between lexical items used in aviation English and their grammatical patterns. It aims to highlight lexis-grammar interface in aviation English. It provides an index of grammar patterns, and identifies collocated words which fall under each pattern supported by statistical information on both the patterns and the collocated words. Such index could assist the aviation English pedagogical designers in designing materials.

It is generally known that aviation communication is a rich area of study for language investigators. Having such a critical importance, it would be interesting to discover how aviation English is shaped lexically to be compatible with the special nature of controllers and pilots work. The ultimate purpose of the current study is to investigate the language of aviation English and to examine its linguistic properties in order to construct a lexical linguistic profile of aviation English in ground-to-air communication between controllers and pilots.

Languages are like living creatures. Each language has its own biological specifications that distinguish it from other languages; and aviation English is no exception. As special language which is used by specific persons at specific situation, aviation English is deviated syntactically from normal English. The ultimate purpose of this book is to provide an accurate and reliable description of how aviation English, in general, and radiotelephony English, in particular, are structured and used. It presents detailed quantitative and qualitative information of the distribution of syntactic...